The Resurrection of Female Rap
It had to be the 90's when the Hip Hop awards and the Soul Train Awards used to have actual female contenders in the FEMALE hip-hop category. Lil Kim, Da Brat, Missy Elliot, Amille, Charlie Baltimore.. good times, good times. Actually, I can't remember when labels stopped reppin' the girl power movement and went for the sex appeal of an r&b "singer" (I put it in quotes because we all know only 97.2% of them are truly singing without autotune). However, Associate Press has named Nicki Minaj the Joan of Arc of female hip hop. In an article, AP hip editor says that Nicki has rejevunated female hip hop. Here's the excerpt:
“Nicki’s flow is so creative that you can count on her delivering at least a few instant, easy-to-remember quotables, which is the key to having a successful verse on a pop or R&B song,” says Brendan Frederick, Deputy Editor at Complex Magazine. “[But] now she needs to drop a few hardcore records for the hip-hop base- like ‘I Get Crazy’ or ‘Itty Bitty Piggy’ from last year- and her buzz will definitely reach critical mass.”
http://rapfix.mtv.com/2010/08/18/nicki-minaj-hot/
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